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Cheap AI video API

Every official AI video model ranked by price per second. The cheapest starts at $0.0176/s (PixVerse V6); prices are up to 82% below the official list price, and failed generations are free.

Models
22
10 developers
From
$0.0176/s
PixVerse V6
Below official
up to 82%
Grok Imagine Video 1.5
Failed runs
$0
refunded automatically

Ranked by price

Video models, cheapest first

Starting price per second at each model's lowest tier, next to the official list price. Select a column to sort.

Cheap AI video API: models, specs and prices. Select a column header to sort.
$0.0176/s
360p
$0.022/s
up to 20%
$0.088
5 s · 360p
$8.80
save $2.20
1080p
Optional (+)
$0.02/s
480p
$0.0352/s
up to 43%
$0.10
5 s · 480p
$9.99
save $7.59
720p
Included
$0.0206/s
720p
$0.05/s
up to 59%
$0.17
8 s · 720p
$16.50
save $23.50
720p
—
$0.022/s
720p
$0.09/s
up to 76%
$0.11
5 s · 720p
$11.00
save $34.00
1080p
Included
$0.0248/s
720p
$0.14/s
up to 82%
$0.12
5 s · 720p
$12.38
save $57.62
1080p
Included
$0.0332/s
540p
$0.035/s
up to 5%
$0.17
5 s · 540p
$16.62
save $0.88
1080p
Included
$0.0362/s
480p
$0.05/s
up to 28%
$0.18
5 s · 480p
$18.09
save $6.91
1080p
Included
$0.0396/s
540p
$0.045/s
up to 12%
$0.20
5 s · 540p
$19.80
save $2.70
4K
Included
$0.0413/s
720p + audio
$0.10/s
up to 59%
$0.33
8 s · 720p + audio
$33.00
save $47.00
4K
Optional (+)
$0.0415/s
480P
$0.05/s
up to 21%
$0.21
5 s · 480P
$20.73
save $4.27
768P
—
$0.0438/s
480p
$0.0562/s
up to 22%
$0.22
5 s · 480p
$21.92
save $6.20
720p
Included
$0.044/s
768P
$0.08/s
up to 45%
$0.22
5 s · 768P
$22.00
save $18.00
2K
—
$0.0566/s
480p
$0.068/s
up to 19%
$0.28
5 s · 480p
$28.29
save $5.71
1080p
Included
$0.0569/s
480p
$0.0703/s
up to 20%
$0.28
5 s · 480p
$28.43
save $6.72
4K
Included
$0.0722/s
720p · 8 s
$0.1017/s
up to 29%
$0.58
720p · 8 s
$57.75
save $23.64
720p
—
$0.0739/s
720p
$0.084/s
up to 13%
$0.37
5 s · 720p
$36.96
save $5.04
4K
Optional (+)
$0.0739/s
720p
$0.084/s
up to 12%
$0.37
5 s · 720p
$36.96
save $5.04
4K
Optional (+)
$0.0877/s
480p
$0.1075/s
up to 18%
$0.44
5 s · 480p
$43.83
save $9.91
1080p
Included
$0.099/s
720p
$0.112/s
up to 12%
$0.50
5 s · 720p
$49.50
save $6.50
1080p
—
$0.11/s
720p
$0.12/s
up to 9%
$0.55
5 s · 720p
$55.00
save $5.00
1080p
—
FLUX 3 Video
Black Forest LabsAPIPricing
$0.1425/s
720p
$0.15/s
up to 5%
$0.71
5 s · 720p
$71.25
save $3.75
720p
Included
$0.1719/s
720p + audio
$0.40/s
up to 57%
$1.38
8 s · 720p + audio
$137.50
save $182.50
4K
Optional (+)

Prices are live from our catalog. Official list prices are the developers' own published API prices. Audio “Optional (+)” means clips with audio are billed at a higher rate. Every tier: full price list.

How to choose

The cheapest option at each resolution

Cheapest 360p
PixVerse V6 — $0.0176/s (official $0.022/s).
Cheapest 480p
Seedance 2.0 Mini — $0.02/s with audio (official $0.0352/s).
Cheapest 540p
PixVerse V6 — $0.0264/s (official $0.031/s).
Cheapest 720p
Veo 3.1 Lite — $0.0206/s (official $0.05/s).
Cheapest 768p
MiniMax H3 — $0.044/s (official $0.08/s).
Cheapest 1080p
LTX-2.5 — $0.044/s with audio (official $0.13/s).
Cheapest 2K
MiniMax H3 — $0.0715/s (official $0.13/s).
Cheapest 4K
Veo 3.1 Fast — $0.22/s (official $0.25/s).

Why it costs less

Official models, priced below list

The same official models, served for less. How our inference works.

01

Official partnerships

Direct partnerships with the official model labs give us their lowest partner and channel pricing on the official models.

02

Our own inference engine

For open-source models, our own inference engine — GPU scheduling, warm pools and per-model tuning — lowers the cost of every output further.

03

Automatic routing

Every request is routed to the fastest, most cost-effective healthy channel, with live health checks and failover.

How it works

About the Cheap AI Video API

Same official models, lower prices

Prices are below list because of official lab partnerships, our own inference engine for open-source models, and automatic routing of every request to the most cost-effective healthy channel.

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Price per second depends on resolution and on whether audio is included. Compare at the resolution you'll deliver, and check whether audio costs extra.

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FAQ

Cheap AI Video API questions

PixVerse V6, from $0.0176/s at 360p — $0.088 for a 5-second clip.

No. These are the developers' official models — the same models and output quality as their own APIs. The lower price comes from partnerships, our own inference engine for open-source models and routing, not from smaller or modified models.

At the cheapest tier of each model, 100 clips range from $8.80 to $137.50; the 100 clips column has each model.

There is no subscription. Credits are prepaid from $10 and work across every model in the API and the Studio; failed generations are refunded automatically, and the quote endpoint prices any request for free before you run it.

No. One Cheaper Gen. API key and balance covers ByteDance, Kuaishou, Google, Alibaba, MiniMax, Shengshu, xAI, Black Forest Labs, PixVerse and Lightricks. Every model uses the same request shape: POST /v1/run/{endpoint}, then poll or receive a webhook.